Improvement in tires for wheels of vehicles



Patented oec. 5, :871.

UNITED STATES PATENT n@Errori LEWIS RIGHTER, OF SALEM, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN TIRES FOR WHEELS OF VEHICLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 121,663, dated December5, 1871 antedated November 25, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS RIGHTER, of Salem, in the county ofColunibianaand in the State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in rIires for Wheels of Vehicles; and do hereby declarethat the following is a tull7 clear1 and exact (,lescription thereof,reference beingl had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters ot'reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in a tire having a longitudinal.groove on its under side, and inward-projecting flanges at the edges forthepurl'iose oi' keepin g the tire secure and straight with the rim ortelly. It also consists in a tire tinted or corrugated longitudinally onthe outside to cause the Wheel to run more steady and save material.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I Will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing which formsa part of this specification7 and in Which- Figure 1 is a side view ofthe Wheel. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section through the tire andtelly, and Fig. 3 is an outside view of a portion of the tire.

A represents the hub 5 B B, the spokes; and C the telly of a Wheel forvehicles made in any of the known and usual ways. D represents the tire,which is made Wider than the felly O, and

provided on its under side with a longitudinal groove or concave, a,into which the tenons of the spokes B B enter, as shown in Fig. 2,forming an additional support. Atthe edges ofthe tire are inwardprojecting' anges b I), the object of which is to compel the tire tokeep its place at all times. these means the tire is made more securethan in the ordinary Way, and also prevents the paint from chating off.The outer side of' the tire is provided With two or more corrugations ortlutin gs d d, which causes the Wheel to run more stea d y, and alsosaves material. The concave c and flanges b b may be used on a tire witha smooth outer surface; and the liutings d cl may be used with a tirehaving a smooth inner surface; butl prefer to use a tire having both.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Atire D, provided with an inner central groove, d, and inner-projectinganges b b, either with or Without a corrugated or liuted exteriorsurface, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing improvement in tire for Wheelsof vehicles, I have hereunto set my hand this 19th day of April, 1871.

' LEWIS RIGHTER.

Witnesses J. W. RIGHTER,

